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Trajectories of mental health problems in unaccompanied young refugees in Germany and the impact of post-migration factors : a longitudinal study
No full textUnaccompanied young refugees (UYRs) are at an elevated risk of continuing psychological distress, including posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), depression, and anxiety. The post-arrival situation in a host country plays an important role in increasing or reducing mental health risks for UYRs. This study aimed to examine the trajectory of psychological distress and post-migration factors experienced by UYRs in Germany with five assessments every six months over a two-year period.
Standardised self-report questionnaires were used to assess PTSS (CATS-2), depression (PHQ-9), and anxiety (GAD-7) symptoms. Material and social stressors (DSSYR), sociocultural adjustment (BSAS), frequency of contact with family members, and distress regarding asylum status were included as post-migration factors. N = 131 UYRs (M age = 17.04; SD age = 1.46; 81.1% male) living in residential care facilities in Germany were included in this study. There was a significant loss to follow up with n = 77 after 12 months at T2 (59% attrition), and n = 37 after 24 months at T4 (28% attrition).
At baseline, clinically relevant symptom scores were found in 48.1% for PTSS, 42.0% for depression, and 22.9% for anxiety. Analysis of latent growth curve models revealed that the symptom severity of depression and anxiety did not change substantially over one year, but PTSS showed a significant decline. The number of traumatic events affected initial levels of mental health problems but not their trajectory over time. The impact of post-migration factors varied between measurement points and outcome measures and did not result in a homogeneous pattern.
Despite limitations, this study demonstrated the persistence of high levels of psychological distress in UYRs. Effective interventions are required at an early stage to prevent chronic trajectories and support systems should adapt to constantly changing circumstances
What does it mean to be European? : how identity content shapes adolescent's views towards immigrants and support for the EU
No full textAdolescents support Eurosceptic and far‐right movements more and more. Since adolescents' years are a formative period for political orientations, it is important to promote a shared sense of belonging together among Europeans to counteract these tendencies. This could be achieved by fostering a European identity, however, only if its content is civically defined. We examined adolescents' understandings of being European, and how they relate to intolerance, EU support, and other predictors. Our sample included 1206 German adolescents (51% female, Age: M = 14.4, SD = .6, 27% ethnic minority adolescents). European identity was assessed via open answers and five closed questions. We conducted latent class analysis to identify identity classes. Three classes emerged: a living‐based (47%), a culture & value‐based (27%), and an ancestry‐based class (26%). Classes did not differ regarding EU support, but regarding intolerance (highest: ancestry‐based, lowest: culture & value‐based). Our results indicate that German adolescents differed in their understanding of being European and that it is important to consider how youth define Europeanness to understand European identity's effect on their views. Furthermore, our study argues for assessing identity openly to capture nuances of identity content adequately
Ein Band der Einheit
No full textVor 1700 Jahren ist das Große Glaubensbekenntnis entstanden. Das aktuelle Jubiläumsjahr stellt einen passenden Anlass dar, den Text als ökumenisches Zeichen in der Liturgie wiederzuentdecken
Comparative Insights into States’ Support, Co-optation, and Repression of Their National Communities Abroad
No full textThe array of countries examined in this book offers a range of cross-cutting themes and propositions. Indeed, a careful sifting of the chapters suggest important similarities and differences not only in terms of how the twelve states under examination have handled common problems and challenges in their efforts to interact with their national communities abroad but also in the underlying rationale(s) for engaging (or not) in said activities in the first place. This concluding chapter first discusses general insights concerning the motivations of states’ interactions with their national communities abroad and the reasons that explain those interactions. Next, it zooms in on specific themes and trends in some greater detail, including: the contested, and at times highly politicized, nature of defining national communities abroad; the mismatch between states’ material capabilities and their willingness to engage their communities abroad; and acts of “democratic repression” which suggest that the discussion on transnational authoritarianism needs to be complemented by a systematic examination of democratic countries’ repressive actions abroad
Generalized Cesàro operators in the disc algebra and in Hardy spaces
No full textGeneralized Cesàro operators Ct, for t ∈ [0, 1), are investigated when they act on the disc algebra A(D) and on the Hardy spaces H p, for 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞. We study the continuity, compactness, spectrum and point spectrum of Ct as well as their linear dynamics and mean ergodicity on these spaces
Mitigating Affective Polarization with Discursive Journalism? : Insights from an Experimental Study
No full text“Basta que me enamores – o que me mandes flores” : género, experiencia y emociones en el corpus del pop-rock en español
No full textThe discourse of song lyrics can be depicted as a mirror and as a mould of social life: It reflects, but also stimulates, certain practices and subjectivities. Using a corpus of 1 000 pop-rock lyrics in Spanish and techniques from corpus linguistics, socio-semiotics, and psychological text analysis, this study explores the discourse of lyrics from a gender perspective, focusing on the experiential function, affect and emotional vocabulary. Its findings suggest the existence of significant gender differences in the choice of process types and of emotional vocabulary, and thus in the linguistic articulation of experience according to the singer's gender
